How GIS data is handled with the DSS

The
DSS GIS Manager is built using a GIS component called Map Suit that was developed
by the ThinkGeo
software company. It has the following features:

· Support for many
vector and raster data formats

· Customizable zoom
levels for optimal display detail

· Robust projection
engine to project or reproject your data in any one of thousands of projections

· Raster reprojection
support

· Draw, edit and
manipulate vector data with nteractive shape drawing and editing, drag-to-move,
rotate and resize, and more

· Custom labeling
support

· Serializable map
features

The
GIS manager's functionality is built upon those features
to allow the user to manipulate GIS data the way it is manipulated in other GIS
tools. The user has also a number of built-in tools to manipulate, process or
analyze the data (See DSS tools [MAAMH1]for details).